Respiratory Therapy Parameter Translation System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing respiratory therapy devices from different manufacturers or models often require laborious parameter translation when a patient switches between devices, as prescriptions generated for one device are not typically applicable to another, leading to disruptions in therapy.
Innovation Solution
A parameter translation system using physical computer processors to receive and translate respiratory therapy prescriptions from one device model to another, determining equivalent or effectively similar control parameters for different therapy regimes, ensuring continuous and effective therapy delivery across various devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If respiratory therapy prescriptions are device-specific, then each device can be optimized for its own control parameters, but switching between devices becomes difficult and therapy continuity is disrupted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a translation system that acts as an intermediary between different respiratory therapy devices. This system converts control parameters from a first device's regime type to equivalent parameters for a second device's regime type, enabling seamless therapy transfer without requiring manual reconfiguration by clinicians or patients.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms control parameters between different therapy regime types by identifying equivalent physiological effects. The system maps parameters such as pressure support levels, inspiratory time, and flow rates from one device's control schema to another's, maintaining therapeutic equivalence while adapting to different device-specific parameter sets.
2Manufacturing precision
If control parameters are unique to each device model and manufacturer, then device-specific optimization is achieved, but parameter translation becomes necessary when switching devices
Solution Approach 1:
The patent establishes predetermined translation relationships between different therapy regime types before device switching occurs. By pre-defining equivalent parameter mappings and therapeutic equivalencies, the system eliminates the need for time-consuming manual parameter adjustment when transitioning between devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a digital representation of the therapy prescription that can be copied and translated across different device platforms. The system maintains the essential therapeutic intent while adapting the parameter values to match the target device's control schema, enabling rapid deployment of therapy on alternative devices.
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AI summary
The present disclosure pertains to a parameter translation system configured to determine respiratory therapy control parameters. When a subject is prescribed respiratory therapy, his or her regimen will likely include receiving therapy from several different respiratory therapy devices. Respiratory therapy devices are often designed and/or approved for a niche depending on acuity of respiratory distress and/or insufficiency in the subject, the physical location of the subject, and/or other factors. These respiratory devices are made by a variety of manufacturers and deliver therapy with a variety of therapy regimes, settings, alarm parameters, and/or other control parameters. It is a laborious process to transfer such control parameters between two or more respiratory therapy devices. The present system facilitates translating these control parameters from one respiratory therapy device to another respiratory therapy device so the subject continues receiving the prescribed respiratory therapy when he or she switches from one device to another.